News Source: Washington Post
| about 4 hours ago
Chaos reportedly erupted in North Korea on Tuesday after the government of Kim Jong Il revalued the country's currency, sharply restricting the amount of old bills that could be traded for new and wiping out personal savings. The revaluation and
News Source: United Press International
| about 7 hours ago
North Korea sharply raised the value of its currency Tuesday -- the country's first monetary reform in 17 years. The move is aimed at curbing inflation and black-market trading in an effort to tighten state control as the country prepares for another
News Source: China Post
| 1 day ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il took youngest son Kim Jong-Un on a “field guidance” trip as part of his grooming to take over the Stalinist nation, a Japanese newspaper reported Sunday. The Mainichi Shimbun said it had obtained an official North
News Source: Seattle Times
| 2 days ago
South Korea — A rare direct meeting between North Korean and American officials next week is unlikely to produce a major breakthrough in the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program, media reports cited a senior Seoul official as suggesting Sunday.
News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| 2 days ago
South Korea sees prospects for a US-North Korean meeting next month as "dark" because Pyongyang has yet to promise to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks, a news report said Sunday. Stephen Bosworth, US special representative for North
News Source: United Press International
| 3 days ago
North Korea's ruling Worker's Party said Saturday South Korea should be responsible for any steps taken to improve relations between the two countries. Rodong Sinmun, a newspaper published by the Worker's Party, said South Korea has shown little
News Source: Japan Times
| 4 days ago
Pyongyang may return to the six-party talks to denuclearize the hermit state if bilateral talks with the United States turn out favorable for Pyongyang, a top Chinese defense official said Friday in Tokyo. Liang Guanglie was in Tokyo to meet Prime
News Source: Seattle Times
| 4 days ago
South Korea — South Korea's president announced Friday he is willing to meet North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il in order to resolve the nuclear stand off on the divided peninsula and tackle other thorny issues. President Lee Myung-bak in a live